WORK EXPERIENCE

Alaska State Senator,
1/2007-Present
-Co-Chair, Senate Resources Committee
-Co-Chair, Joint Armed Services Committee
-Vice Chair, Senate Judiciary Committee
-Member, Senate World Trade & Technology
Committee
-Member, Senate Special Committee on Energy
-Alternate Member, Senate Select Committee on
Legislative Ethics
-Member, Senate Department of Military & Veterans'
Affairs Budget Subcommittee
-Member, Senate Public Safety Budget Subcommittee
-Member, Senate Health & Social Services Budget
Subcommittee
-Member, Senate Natural Resources Budget
Subcommittee

IBEW 1547, Associate General Counsel,
6/04-present
- Represent members and organization in contract
disputes.  Participate in all phases of arbitrations from
witness interviewing to hearing to post-hearing briefs.  
Provide general legal counsel.

Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce
Development
, Acting Chief of Adjudications,
11/03-1/04,
Hearing Officer, 9/99-6/04
- Presided over formal hearings, decided procedure,
ruled on admissibility of evidence and enforced
regulations.  Analyzed complex legal issues and
evaluated lay and expert testimony.  Authored over
225 decisions and orders that were directly
appealable to the Superior and Supreme Courts.  
Evaluated settlement agreements.  Conducted
settlement conferences and mediations.  Assisted in
drafting and reviewing proposed regulations.

James B. Wright & Associates
- Legal research and writing.  Assisted in the litigation
of claims on behalf of a small Native corporation.  
Assisted in insurance defense claims

Legal Presentations
- National Association of Hearing Officers, Presenter
-- 2002 Annual Training Conference Anchorage,
Alaska

- Alaska Bar Association --  Faculty Member -- 2001,
2002, 2003 Workers' Compensation Seminars

Past Affiliations
- Alaska Association of Administrative Law Judges,
Member

- National Association of Administrative Law Judges,
Member






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1300 Farrow Circle, Anchorage, Alaska  99504
333-2806
Bill Wielechowski
for Alaska Senate
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